The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-03-02
The White River Disaster.
REPORT OF THE RAILROAD COMMISSION

The report of the railroad commission on
the railroad disaster at Woodstock bridge
in Hartford was made public last week. We
give the following full abstract:
After describing the ill-fated train, the re-
port says that the number of passengers was
II, distributed as follows; In, the smoking
apartment of the combination mail and
smoking-car, 3; in the Boston coach, %; in
the Springfield coach, 81; in the Springfield
sleeper, s; and in the Boston sleeper, 13.
The train-men were the conductor, engineer,
fireman, two brakemen, baggage man. ex-
press messenger, two postal clerks, Pull
man conductor and two Pullman porters.
The train was running at speed of less
than twelve miles an hour when the ac-
cdent occurred. They make the number of
lives lost 29-24 passengers and train
men-and the number of injured 33.
The list of passengers who lost their lives in
the disaster is as follows: Edward +. Dillon,
Springfeld James A. Stone, Burlington
Edgar Wilder, st. Adams; ID. ID. Woodward
Waterbury: Samuel s. Wescott, Burlington (;
George j. Bell Bellows Falls; Mrs. William
Devino Wnooski Frank l.. Wesson, Spring
field Mass; Harry Brooks, Boston, Mass.
Francis Flynn, Worcester, Mass. Peter
Blais, Warren, Mass; Fred Blais, Warren,
Mass; Francis Boulanger. Holyoke, Mass
Miss Anastisa Boulanger, Holyoke, Mass.
Miss Nancy Dunbar, Somerville, Mass
Miss Delima Brodeur, Nashua, n. H.; Louis
b. James, New Haven, CT; Charles Cadieux,
Rockville, Ct; Herbert A Thayer, Chat
eaugay, n. Y; Cephas Mills, Iroquois, Ont. ;
Peter McLain Actonvale, p. O.. Dieudonne
Maigret, Shawinigan, p. O.; Miss Arminie
Guirard, Upton, p. O.; Miss Agnes Rogers,
Lakefield, p. O.;
And that of the train-men is as follows:
Smith C. Sturtevant, ST. Adams, VT, con-
ductor; Edward Brocklebanks Lebanon, n.
H., brakeman NJ. r. Burgess, Boston,
Mass, Pullman conductor; A. j. Hammer,
Maiden, Mass, colored porter of the " Pill
grim !" j. II. Jones, Boston, Mass, colored
porter of the st. Adams"
The list of passengers known to be in
jured is as follows: Hon. Henry Mott. AL
burgh Henry W. Tewksbury, West Ran
dolph; julius c. Hutchins, Montgomery;
f. w. futile, Tunbridge; William Devino,
Jr., Winooski; Miss Persis H. Toilet, Sharon
Miss Katie Cahill, Boston, Mass; Frank M
Pratt, Springfield, Mass. j. Herbert Cush-
ing, Middleboro, Mass; Joseph e. Jacques,
Ftchburg, Mass. Andrew A. Wheeler,
Ftchburg Mass; Howard A. Smith, Glou-
cester, Mass; Fred A. Fisher, Glouces-
ter, Mass. Bonnie Boulanger, Holyoke,
Mass. Mitchell Lacaillade, Lawrence,
Mass; August LeBoeuf, Lynn, Mass
Alex Lavalle Greenfield, Mass; Mrs.
Mary j. Graham, Bedford, Mass. Mrs.
Charles Kastner, Boston, Mass; Miss Annie
Murphy, Boston, Mass; Miss Polly Arel,
Chicopee Falls, Mass. Miss Margaret
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East Pepperell, Mass; j. S. Suit, New
Haven, CT; II. G. Wilcox, Malone, n. Y;
Louis Combremont, New York city, n. Y.
James Kiley, Burke, N. Y; Joseph Jean
nette, Sciota, n. Y; o. S. Boisvert, st. An
geline p. O.. Moses Pouiot, Quebec, p.
O.; George Lowe, Montreal, p. @. Joseph
Libby, St. VALERIE, p. O.; Mrs. w. S. Bry-
den, Montreal, p. O.; Mrs. o. Boisvert, st.
Angelina, p. O.; Miss Emma Lowell, Mon
treal, p. c.; Miss Maria f.. Sadler, Orms-
town, =. q. One trainman, George H.
Parker, brakeman. was injured.
Conductor Sturtevant was in the forward
passenger coach collecting fares and exam
ing tickets when the first trouble in that
car was noticed He Immediately pulled
the bell-cord. Engineer Pierce took the
alarm thus given from the bell and instantly
let on full brakes then looking back he
saw the rear sleeper swing off the bridge.
He thereupon let off brakes, opened the
throttle of his engine and pulled away from
the rest of the train, stopping his engine
and the two cars saved behind II as the
rear car Combination mail and smoker) was
partly OFF the bridge After referring in
complimentary terms to the efforts of the
train-men and passengers to save life and
to succor the manned, the commissioners
say that the proof is beyond reasonable
doubt that the train was slowed up before
the first derailment occurred by the partial
application of the brakes; that the same